Guest guest Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Dianne, I initially was not taking any calcium supplement whatsoever, not even prior to my pregnancy. When I as admitted for complications with my pregnancy around 29 weeks a nutritionist saw my in the hospital. She was shocked and said I should be taking at least 1000mg of calcium a day even when I wasn't pregnant due to the surgery. So, immediately after I was discharged I started taking Viactiv 3 times a day. I still take it now even after gmoney7510 wrote: >Are you taking a calcium supplement? What kind and how much??? > >Dianne > > > > > >Children are a blessing, and a gift from the Lord. -Psalm 127:3 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Viactiv is not the right kind of calcium, unfortunately; you might as well not be taking ANY. Calcium carbonate is what's in Viactiv, and you have to have stomach acid, and one hour of stomach acid exposure to the supplement, for it to become bioavailable. You no longer have the stomach acid exposure because your food doesn't go to your stomach anymore. I am not making this up, and the National Institutes of Health are clear about the recommendations... if you have low stomach acid, you need to be taking calcium CITRATE, which does not require any stomach acid for your body to be able to process and use the supplement. Examples of calcium citrate that are easy to find are the calcium sold on this site http://www.vitalady.com and also Citracal brand sold at Target, Wal-Mart and elsewhere. Make sure that whatever you buy, that it's calcium CITRATE, not calcium CARBONATE. And then take 3-4 500 mg doses of it, at least two hours away from each other and from anything containing iron. HTH, Z Open RNY 09/17/01 http://www.ziobro.us Re: calcium question To: ossg-pregnant Dianne, I initially was not taking any calcium supplement whatsoever, not even prior to my pregnancy. When I as admitted for complications with my pregnancy around 29 weeks a nutritionist saw my in the hospital. She was shocked and said I should be taking at least 1000mg of calcium a day even when I wasn't pregnant due to the surgery. So, immediately after I was discharged I started taking Viactiv 3 times a day. I still take it now even after gmoney7510 wrote: >Are you taking a calcium supplement? What kind and how much??? > >Dianne > > > > > >Children are a blessing, and a gift from the Lord. -Psalm 127:3 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 I second this, calc citrate is the way to go. Check out the OSSG-osteoporosis group for tons of technical medical research regarding post-ops & calc absorption. WlsMomma > Viactiv is not the right kind of calcium, unfortunately; you might as > well not be taking ANY. Calcium carbonate is what's in Viactiv, and > you have to have stomach acid, and one hour of stomach acid exposure > to the supplement, for it to become bioavailable. You no longer have > the stomach acid exposure because your food doesn't go to your stomach > anymore. I am not making this up, and the National Institutes of > Health are clear about the recommendations... if you have low stomach > acid, you need to be taking calcium CITRATE, which does not require > any stomach acid for your body to be able to process and use the > supplement. > Make sure that whatever you buy, that it's calcium CITRATE, not > calcium CARBONATE. And then take 3-4 500 mg doses of it, at least two > hours away from each other and from anything containing iron. > > HTH, > > Z > Open RNY 09/17/01 > http://www.ziobro.us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 I was also told by my bariatric surgeon that I needed 1500 mg calcium citrate per day post-op. I had some problems with the large pills at first, and I was told that Viactiv (calcium carbonate) would be ok for the first year post-op, but that I would not be absorbing all the calcium I needed, and that I should switch to calcium citrate as soon as I could. Hugs, Jen brideandgroom2001 wrote: > I second this, calc citrate is the way to go. Check out the > OSSG-osteoporosis group for tons of technical medical research > regarding post-ops & calc absorption. > WlsMomma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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